LETTERS to the editor

A local, major tire company has been advertising job openings on the radio with starting pay of $18.50 per hour, with a rate of $22.50 in two years. The requirements are a high school education and candidates must be drug-free.

Our local electric utility company pays $28 an hour to line maintenance workers (not skilled and licensed linemen, just fancy terminology for tree trimmers). Add in overtime for a couple of ice storms, and their gross can be close to $100,000. My brother-in-law did it last year.